graft

Words with a similar base: engraft, graft, grafting, ingraft

'graft'

[graft.n.01] as in: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

'graft'

[bribery.n.01] as in: the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

'graft'

[graft.n.03] as in: the act of grafting something onto something else

'graft'

[graft.v.01] as in: cause to grow together parts from different plants

Examples:
graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree

'graft'

[transplant.v.03] as in: place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

Origins

					graft (English)
└── graffe (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── greffe (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── graphium (Latin)
            └── γραφείον (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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